resolution. but we have to remember something, this has been an incredibly galvanizing for the whole party. just two weeks before the government shutdown there were stories in "the new york times" and "washington post" how disgroundled democrat are upset with the president. they're so afraid he's going to give concessions yet again. it wasn't a boundless fear. the president had done it over and over and over again. the fact that the president stood his ground and continues to do so fighting with republicans is the one thing democrats have been hungering for from the white house for a very long time. as long as the president holds strong, the president's coalition will hold strong. >> jonathan chait, as far as the president and the fears from the last post, the lessons from 2011, given the fact that boehner and cantore, broad reform programs to end, including social security and medicare, how worried do you think the left will be, if the